16 Dead As Lithium Batteries Explode At A Factory In South Korea ~ OsazuwaAkonedo #Korea #Warehouse #Aricell #Batteries #Glasgow #Hwaseong #lithium #Paisley #Seoul #South About 16 Persons Have Been Reportedly Found Dead When Lithium Batteries At A Warehouse In South Korea Exploded On Monday Morning. https://osazuwaakonedo.news/16-dead-as-lithium-batteries-explode-at-a-factory-in-south-korea/24/06/2024/ #Breaking News Published: June 24th, 2024 Reshared: June 24, 2024 11:58 am
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00:00About 16 persons have been reportedly found dead when neon batteries at a warehouse in
00:04South Korea exploded on Monday morning.
00:06Some residents said similar incident had occurred the previous day Sunday with a massive fire
00:10at a battery recycling warehouse in Paisley, Glasgow and some of the people claimed the
00:13fire outbreak at Paisley, Glasgow was deliberate.
00:15Today there is a massive fire at a neon battery manufacturing warehouse in Waseem, South Korea,
00:20one of the residents tweeted.
00:22What had triggered the explosion remains unclear as government officials are yet to issue statement
00:26regarding the batteries explosion.
00:28International news agencies have reported that the massive factory fire that began after
00:32several neon batteries exploded has killed at least 16 people in South Korea.
00:36We learnt the blaze broke out on Monday morning at the Archer plant in Waseem City, about
00:4045km, 28 miles south of South Korea capital, Seoul.
00:45Footages from local television showed explosions going off as firefighters sought to put out
00:48the fire with sand, avoiding water.
00:51A part of the roof had collapsed as seen in the footages posted online.
00:54South Korea is considered the leading producer of neon batteries, which are used in many
00:58items from electric vehicles to laptops.
01:01Waseem's medical authority, St John's Sick, said 16 people have been confirmed dead while
01:06seven others were injured.
01:08Similar to the statement after South Korean news agency, Yonhap News Agency had earlier
01:12reported that some 20 bodies have been found inside the plant, but Mr Kim told a televised
01:16briefing that 16 people died and two others have suffered serious injuries.
01:20The Archer factory housed an estimated 35,000 battery cells on its second floor, where the
01:24neon batteries were inspected and packaged, with most stored elsewhere, according to
01:28local authorities.
01:29Local fire official Kim Jin-yong said the fire began when a series of battery cells
01:33exploded, though it remains unclear what triggered the initial explosions.
01:37About 100 workers were sent on the premises at the time.
01:40Mr Kim said it was difficult to enter the site initially due to fears of additional
01:44explosions.
01:45As a neon fire can react intensely with water, firefighters had to use dry sand to extinguish
01:50the blaze, which took several hours to get under control.
01:53The neon batteries are at risk of exploding if they are damaged or overheated.
01:57While a fire can be extinguished, it remains at risk of reigniting without warning due
02:01to the chemical reaction, according to some experts.
02:04The fire, which has largely been extinguished, occurred at about 10.30 a.m. on Monday, local
02:09time, at the factory run by battery manufacturer Archer in Uiseong, south of the capital Seoul.
02:14The blaze began after a series of battery cells exploded inside a warehouse with some
02:1835,000 units, said Kim Jin-yong, a local fire official.
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